From My Literature Readings This Week-I Remember Discussing these two plays in our Literature Class in My Senior year in high school in the Philippines. Our English teacher was ahead of his time and at that time, I was too naive to realize it.
Tennessee Williams smuggled gay desire into America's living rooms when it was still taboo to even mention it. His most famous play, 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' featured a character whose homosexuality led to his demise - something Williams couldn't explicitly show but made clear to those who understood the code.
In 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' the entire plot revolves around Brick's unspoken love for his male friend Skipper – their relationship more passionate than any Brick shares with his wife.
Williams knew this pain firsthand as a gay man who watched his own lover leave him for marriage. He once confessed: 'When I write, I don't censor my heart' and that heart belonged to men, though he could only reveal this through his characters' burning frustrations and desperate longing.
Meanwhile Did you Know That.....
The island province of Marinduque is home to the time-honored Holy Week tradition called "Moryonan" or popularly known as Moriones Festival. First held in Mogpog town during the Spanish colonial era, the event is a form of penance or "panata" for those wearing the moryon Roman soldier mask and outfit because of its heavy weight under the sweltering heat of the sun.
The central figure of the tradition is the mythical Roman Centurion named Longinus, who was blind in one eye and speared the side of Jesus Christ after he died on the cross. The mixed blood and water which spewed from the pierced side of Jesus and healed the blind eye of Longinus.
The highlight of the observance is the Pugutan where he is beheaded by fellow Roman legionnaires for attesting to the healing power of Resurrected Christ. In between the traditional Holy Week rituals, guests can tour around the 6 towns and discover the island's natural wonders.
Lastly, Have you heard of the Word...Prosociality?
Homosexuality may have evolved for social, not sexual reasons..For humans, and many other animals, sex is not just about reproduction. Bonobos and chimpanzees share about 99.6% of their DNA with humans.
In our closest primate relative, the bonobo, straight and gay sex have vital roles in play, social transactions, barter of food, same-sex social bonding and bonding between mating pairs.
We shouldn’t limit our thinking about the evolution of sex to its reproductive functions. We must also consider its social functions.
Based on the social behaviour of primates (and other social mammals), we argue our species’ recent cognitive and behavioural evolution was driven by natural selection favouring traits that allowed better social integration. This is called prosociality.
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